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In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describes how the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.
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Decentralisation of authority was also found to be more effective in military operations.
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Dean Granholm, the vice president for delivery and post office operations, said the first waves of closings would begin this fall.
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Crews have managed to provide heat packs and blankets to the miners so that they can keep warm during the rescue operation, Verfuss said.
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"Antarctica creates a hostile environment," says the operation director for the British Antarctic Survey.
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The video is striking: The operation is familiar, but the scene looks like the end of the world.
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And, apparently, that day has come because seemingly routine operations such as knee replacements are now much more hazardous due to the looming threat of these infections.
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Most of these operations draw irrigation water from local rivers or lakes.
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Yong Yu, a Chinese microbiologist, showed off the spacious building, with empty desks under an illustrated timeline detailing the rapid growth of China's Antarctic operations since the 1980s.
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Scholars warn that Antarctica's political drift could blur the distinction between military and civilian activities long before the continent's treaties come up for renegotiation, especially in parts of Antarctica that are ideal for intercepting ( ' , 拦截) signals from satellites or retasking satellite systems, potentially enhancing global electronic intelligence operations.
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It is building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome 13,422 feet above sea level that is one of the planet's coldest places.
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China has arguably the fastest growing operations in Antarctica.
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As some countries expand operations in Antarctica, the United States maintains three year-round stations on the continent with more than 1,000 people during the southern hemisphere's summer, including those at the Amundsen-Scott station, built in 1956 at an elevation of 9,301 feet on a plateau at the South Pole.
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The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary ( ' , and thereby the FAA) from regulating the de sign or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers.
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Why are robotic systems replacing surgeons in more and more operations according to Dr. Myriam Curet? .
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They make operations less painful
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It then ships the gas 200 miles by pipeline to Canada, where it is pumped underground in oil recovery operations.
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She went into shock after an operation.
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Preparations for an operation.
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The low efficiency of their operation.
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Although the planned operation will be located more than miles away, drawing the soda ash in through pipelines, conservationists worry it could still upset the natural water cycle and breeding grounds.
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It started as a "mama and papa operation", and the childless Wallaces always considered employees to be part of their family.
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Our long-term operation in the region depends on a healthy and thriving Antarctic marine ecosystem, which is why we have always had an open dialogue with the environmental non-governmental organisations.
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The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary and thereby the FA from regulating the design or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted
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Noun
1. a business especially one run on a large scale;
"a large-scale farming operation""a multinational operation""they paid taxes on every stage of the operation""they had to consolidate their operations"2. a planned activity involving many people performing various actions;
"they organized a rescue operation""the biggest police operation in French history""running a restaurant is quite an operation""consolidate the companies various operations"3. a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work;
"the operations in building a house""certain machine tool operations"4. the state of being in effect or being operative;
"that rule is no longer in operation"5. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body;
"they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available""he died while undergoing surgery"6. activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign);
"it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"7. (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction);
"it can perform millions of operations per second"8. process or manner of functioning or operating;
"the power of its engine determine its operation""the plane's operation in high winds""they compared the cooking performance of each oven""the jet's performance conformed to high standards"9. (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods;
"the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation""they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"10. (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
"the process of thinking""the cognitive operation of remembering"11. the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.);
"her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"